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REVIEW: Incredibles 2 (2018)

virginiakublawi | Jun 15, 2018 | 0

After making us wait 14, years during which time various rumors arose, Pixar has finally released Incredibles 2 in cinemas. The studio has cheekily played on the excitement over the sequel in their ads, and in front of the film they play a clip of the actors and director Brad Bird assuring the audie...

REVIEW: The Incredibles (2004)

virginiakublawi | Jun 13, 2018 | 0

“We’re superheroes. What could happen?” In anticipation of Incredibles 2 coming out this week, I’d like to talk about the first film, and some of the events leading up to its initial release. In 1999 Warner Bros. animation studio released Brad Bird’s directorial debut, The Iron Giant. ...

REVIEW: Big Hero 6: The Series – Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2 “Baymax Returns”

virginiakublawi | Jun 12, 2018 | 0

In 2014 Walt Disney Animation released Big Hero 6, a movie based on a little-known Marvel comic about a team of 6 superheroes. The film made a lot of changes, including making the characters more diverse as opposed to the original, all-Japanese team and setting the story in the fictional city of San...

You Should Be Watching – Alice: Through the Looking Glass

virginiakublawi | Jun 10, 2018 | 0

“Everyone parts with everything eventually, my dear.” The first in a new line of live-action remakes from Disney, Alice Wonderland opened in 2010 to tremendous financial success and mixed critical reviews. I remember seeing the characters on pencil cases, bookbags, clothing and more when the mov...

REVIEW: Home on the Range (2004)

virginiakublawi | Jun 6, 2018 | 0

“Well, it doesn’t work for me!” After several disappointments in the early 2000s, things were getting tense at Walt Disney Animation. A film based on the Pied Piper legend was pitched and subsequently shot down by Michael Eisner, who believed parents wouldn’t take their kids to see a mov...

REVIEW: Brother Bear (2003)

virginiakublawi | May 31, 2018 | 0

“You really think love has anything to do with being a man?” If you know Walt Disney Animation as the studio defined by singing animals and beautiful Princesses, the string of science fiction films they made in the early 2000s may seem random and weird. But in 2003, things were about to get even...